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Overview

eSahara was a French multigaming team that is most recognized for its Counter-Strike division. eSahara established a StarCraft II division on 9 July 2011. The team initially picked up Souaib "cArn" Hanaf, a French Terran player who lives in South Korea in an attempt to qualify for a spot in GSL Code A, and Sebastian "FuRy" Pesic, a Swedish Terran player who was left without a team after the dissolution of RAGE Gaming. The latter decided to retire a few months after. Since the beginning of September 2011, eSahara has tried to expand their horizon and set themselves up as an important professional team in an already crowded European scene. The team was acquired by Absolute Legends on March 22, 2012.[1]

History

2011

July 9, eSahara announces the creation of its StarCraft II section with the acquisition of cArn and FuRy.[2]

November 27, Check, who was still teamless after his departure of team Prime, joins eSahara.[11] Meanwhile, eSahara ends RiSK's contract because of an incident which occurred during a Go4SC2. The young player indeed repeatedly insulted an ESL admin as well as a shoutcaster, and later refused to apologize for his behaviour.[12]

January 4, Maka, who recently left Prime, joins eSahara. The team also announces the recruitment of the former Brood War player pepe.[15]

January 5, a former manager of team WeMade FOX claims that pepe is still employed by the Korean organisation, and that eSahara is either misinformed or fooled by an imposter. Later in the day, eSahara announced they had been informed by third party people that the player they hired was indeed an imposter, who used his good level on the North American ladder and his huge knowledge of the Brood War scene (including confidential information on some players, confirmed by SLoG and the KeSPA) to trick them into thinking he was the actual pepe. The team subsequently expelled the imposter from its roster.[16]

January 10, eSahara recruits BabyKnight, while VERDI decides to retire in order to focus on his studies and subsequently leaves the team.[17][18]

January 10, eSahara launches its Illu's Academy, a four-tournaments series dedicated to players that are not currently bound by a contract with a team, and which features a spot in eSahara's talent team as a reward for the winner.[19]

January 11, cArn parts way with eSahara due to his refusal to attend the GSL qualifiers (believing that his skill was not yet sufficient to participate).[20]

January 15, HongUn, who was still teamless after his departure from Prime, joins eSahara.[21]

February 3, a partnership between eSahara, Old Generations and Razer is announced. It is meant to help grow each other’s presence in Korean and international e-Sport scenes.[22] Meanwhile, VERDI rejoins the team.[23]

March 8, After some controversy, VERDI and Russian manager TeSt leave the team.[24][25]